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History of sedimentation in Isfjord (Western Spitsbergen)

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Lithology, heavy mineral associations, and chemical composition of sediments studied in two gravity cores from Isfjord, Western Spitsbergen, accompanied by high-frequency seismic records, provide a new insight on the provenance and glaciomarine sedimentation in the fjord from the last deglaciation through the Holocene.

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Levitan, O.V. Levchenko, I.O. Murdmaa, V.I. Peresypkin, I.A. Roshchina, A.V. Tolmacheva, 2008, published in Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2008, No. 6, pp. 578–600.

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Levitan, M.A., Levchenko, O.V., Murdmaa, I.O. et al. History of sedimentation in Isfjord (Western Spitsbergen). Lithol Miner Resour 43, 520–541 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490208060023

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